"
"Finish the quote," said Cade, "'Only if they're worth it'. Need to make any
stops before we go?"
She shook her head as she slung her purse on her shoulder and said, "No. I'm
starving. I haven't eaten since breakfast."
Opening the door for her, Cade asked, "So I'm just some poor, susceptible
schmuck you're tapping for a meal, huh?"
With a sigh and a roll of her eyes, Beth said, "Oh, Jesus. If you've got any
objections, now's the time, Cade."
He paused to look thoughtful for a moment, then said, "Yeah, one. No Mexican
food," and pulled the door shut.
Across the corridor, Mandi had watched and listened as Cade had led Beth
into tacitly accepting -- or at least acknowledging -- a personal compliment.
She realized that Beth was a woman who felt a need to try to be 'one of the
guys' when on duty, and she understood well the kinds of barriers such women
maintained against anything that might somehow dent that image.
Mandi also realized that Cade hadn't been in any particular need of a dinner
date. He could have simply swapped jackets and headed downstairs alone to
contend with his hunger.
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